Doso is a language of New Guinea. It has 61% of its vocabulary in common with the nearly extinct Turumsa language, its only clear relative.[2] It is spoken near Kamula but does not appear to be related to it; not enough is known to tell if it may be related to other languages in the area.
| Doso | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Native speakers | (700 cited 1973)[1] |
Language family | Papuan Gulf ?
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | dol |
| Glottolog | doso1239 |
The following basic vocabulary words are from Shaw (1986),[3] as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database:[4]
| gloss | Doso |
|---|---|
| head | abaki |
| hair | abuluso |
| ear | apu |
| eye | usa |
| nose | bulu |
| tooth | da |
| tongue | ithi |
| leg | sʌřei |
| louse | amu |
| dog | khasa |
| pig | nɛna |
| bird | sɩkĩ |
| egg | wõnõ |
| blood | omani |
| bone | khi |
| skin | bʌli |
| breast | toka |
| tree | gu |
| man | haimo |
| woman | dobo |
| sun | khikha |
| moon | ři |
| water | umu |
| fire | dɩki |
| stone | kɔ |
| name | samu |
| eat | nane |
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